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Konoha Village, Hokage's office building.

In the Hokage's office meeting room, the Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, senior advisors Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu, and Root leader Danzo Shimura, the core leaders of Konoha gathered together.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in the main seat, while several Konoha high-ranking officials including Shimura Danzo sat on both sides of the long table, with several scrolls and forms spread out on the table.

"What do you think about the grouping of the six people who graduated early from the Ninja School this time?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen, smoking a pipe, broke the silence in the meeting room.

At this time, a gloomy voice came from the right, "Hiruzen, I need to recruit a few new generations, assign them all to the Root!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his eyes and glanced at Danzo, and directly refused: "Danzo, the Root has enough manpower, and now the front-line troops need new support."

Danzo narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he moved his lips and said expressionlessly: "Then I only want one. Hiruzen, hand Uchiha Yi over to me. The child should be included in the Root and I will personally guide him."

"impossible!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen held his pipe in his mouth, glanced at Danzo sharply, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to train that child into a tool without emotions?"

Danzo looked gloomy and said with dissatisfaction: "This child is from the Uchiha clan. Leave him to me to train. I can guarantee that he will be loyal to Konoha, not Uchiha!"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face suddenly darkened. He held the handle of the chair tightly with his right hand, stared into Danzo's eyes and said in a deep voice:

"The Uchiha are also a clan of Konoha. There are also Uchiha members fighting on the battlefield. The parents of this child also died on the battlefield!"

Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen deeply, then slowed down his tone and said: "I understand, now is a war period, and the power of the Uchiha clan is needed. Well, then I will not interfere this time, everything is up to you, Hiruzen."

Hearing Danzo's answer, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression eased slightly. After a brief pause, he continued, "These six students will be divided into two groups. The first group is Yuhi Kurenai, Yamanaka Shinya, and Akimichi Seiji. The second group is Uchiha Yi, Hinata Shiori, and Inuzuka River."

After hearing the grouping announced by Sarutobi Hiruzen, the conference room fell into temporary silence.

The high-level advisor sitting on the right, Koharu Utane, said slowly, "The second group includes children from the Uchiha and Hyuga families, and involves members of the two major families. The leader of this group must think carefully."

Mizuto Kado En beside him also nodded and said, "That's right, Hiruzen. This involves the two major bloodline limits of the Sharingan and the Byakugan. Their leader must be someone with outstanding strength. I have also heard of Uchiha Yi. His strength is outstanding among this class of students."

"I've got the right people in place."

After slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth moved slightly and uttered four words: "Hatake Sakumo."

[PS: Questions about the time of White Fang’s death]

The first version: In TV episode 339, Kakashi was 12 years old and was promoted to Jonin. During the mission at Kannabi Bridge, Minato talked to Obito and said that Hatake Sakumo died 5 years ago. Obito was very surprised at the time, and it was the first time he knew about this.

According to this version, Kakashi was 7 years old and White Fang committed suicide.

These episodes are from "Kakashi Gaiden", which is also included in the manga and is serialized between the first and second parts.

Second version: Book of Fighting (official character data, written by Naruto author Kishimoto himself)

In the Book of Fighting, Kakashi is 27 years old, and it is mentioned that the Battle of Kannabi Bridge took place 13 years ago. According to this version, Kakashi was 14 years old at the time.

As we all know, Kakashi graduated at the age of 5 and became a jonin at the age of 12.

In this version, White Fang died when Kakashi was 9 years old.

All of the above are official animations and data.

The timeline during the Third World War is very confusing, and there are many inconsistencies in Kishimoto's work. You don't need to pay too much attention to it. If I encounter contradictions in the original work, I will make corrections.

Let’s get back to the plot.

……

"what!"

"It turned out to be him?!"

As this name came out of Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth, several people in the conference room immediately showed surprised expressions.

Mito Kado En stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen in disbelief. Even for a high-ranking Konoha official like him, the name Hatake Sakumo was filled with awe.

Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with a mixture of surprise and doubt in his eyes. He couldn't help but ask in doubt: "Hey, Hiruzen, are you kidding? You actually arranged for that man to be the guiding jonin for the three ninja school graduates?"

The name of Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo is extremely famous throughout the ninja world, especially among Konoha's hostile ninjas, who have a natural awe of this name, and can even give up their missions without being punished when they meet him.

Hatake Sakumo was once the captain of Konoha's Anbu and the front-line commander of the Second Ninja World War. His status was even above that of the Three Ninjas. It could be said that in the entire Konoha Village, only the Hokage was higher in status than him.

"I know you will be surprised, but Sakumo was suggested to me by Uchiha Fugaku, and in my opinion he is the most suitable candidate."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep puff of cigarette and said in a deep voice: "Most of the members of the two major families, Uchiha and Hyuga, are currently fighting with the Hidden Mist Village. They have held back the extremely powerful Hidden Mist Village for the village. At this time, the village must show its attention to them."

The Third Hokage obviously made this decision after careful consideration. This move not only released goodwill to the two major families, but also stabilized the morale of the troops.

More importantly, the Hatake clan led by Hatake Sakumo are extremely loyal to the Hokage line. Having Sakumo guide Uchiha Yi may be able to bring this talented child into the Hokage line.

The war in Konoha Village is not limited to the front battlefield.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes swept across Danzo's face. His old partner's hands were making more and more small movements...

"I have already informed Sakumo, this matter is decided!"

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen was in his late prime and was highly respected in Konoha Village. Hearing him say this, Danzo and the others nearby could only remain silent and agree to this matter.

"The decision on this matter will be notified by the Anbu."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Two masked Anbu ninjas suddenly appeared in the conference room. As soon as they finished speaking, they disappeared into the room.

……

The Uchiha clan's settlement area, a clearing in the dense forest at the back of the mountain.

Uchiha Yi was wearing a tight training suit and holding a long wooden sword, swinging at the dummy puppet in front of him.

Just as he was immersed in the practice of swordsmanship, a strange feeling passed through his heart, as if he was being fixed by someone's gaze.

Uchiha Yi's movements came to an abrupt halt. He turned around sharply, his eyes capturing the subtle movements behind him.

A ninja wearing the ANBU's iconic black attire, with his face hidden by a mask, stood quietly behind the bushes a few meters away.

"Uchiha Yi, I'm here to inform you of your graduation grouping and coaching jonin."

The voice of the Anbu ninja has been specially processed to sound extremely cold, as if it were a tool without any emotions.

Uchiha Yi sheathed his sword, his expression slightly expectant.

"Your team division has been determined. You will form a team with Hinata Shiori and Inuzuka Gawa."

The ANBU ninja conveyed the grouping information succinctly.

"Hinata Shiori and Inuzukagawa?"

This grouping made Uchiha Yi very satisfied. With the help of Hinata Shiori's Byakugan, his risk on the battlefield was much smaller.

As for Inuzuka River...

The image of the little brat who carried a white ninja dog with him all day immediately emerged in Uchiha Yi's mind.

Inuzukagawa is quite capable and he likes the little ninja dog very much. He used to play with the dog when he was bored after class.

"I see. May I ask who is my mentor, Jonin?"

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Uchiha Yi looked at the Anbu ninja with some anticipation.

"Konoha White Fang, Hatake Sakumo."

"what!"

Hearing this name, a gleam of disbelief flashed in Uchiha Yi's eyes.

how can that be!

This is Konoha White Fang, the man with the strongest swordsmanship in the ninja world.

In the current Konoha Village, Hatake Sakumo is definitely one of the strongest fighters, and even the three ninjas can hardly be his match.

With Hatake Sakumo's status and position, how could he possibly serve as the guiding jonin of three ninja school graduates?

"It's the Hokage's decision!"

As if aware of Uchiha Yi's surprise, the Anbu ninja added another sentence.

Then he nodded to Uchiha Yi, said no more, turned around and disappeared into the shadows of the trees, as if he had never appeared.

"Konoha White Fang, Hatake Sakumo..."

Uchiha Yi repeated the name in a low voice.

In any case, the opportunity to receive guidance from Hatake Sakumo was definitely his dream, especially the legendary Hatake swordsmanship, which he had heard of for a long time.

"The clan may have contributed a lot to this matter."

Thinking of Uchiha Fugaku's previous summons and the expectations he expressed in his words, Uchiha Yi had a guess in his mind.